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There is nothing Hollywood loves — and fears — so much as an action-adventure sequel. It’s the closest you can get to a sure thing, yet you could run a space programme for less. DreamWorks had to give $10 million each to Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz and Eddie Murphy just to do the voices for Shrek 2; while on Spider-Man 2, the summer’s biggest blockbuster, which opens towards the end of this week, costs swung above $200 million. Money well spent, but not all will be so lucky.

“There are probably three or four movies coming out that had $200 million in